diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 22a1b56b661..b0d6102248f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -1166,6 +1166,7 @@
   ./system/boot/stage-1.nix
   ./system/boot/stage-2.nix
   ./system/boot/systemd.nix
+  ./system/boot/systemd/coredump.nix
   ./system/boot/systemd/journald.nix
   ./system/boot/systemd/logind.nix
   ./system/boot/systemd/nspawn.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index c05bc681e19..3533e7ea74b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ let
       "printer.target"
       "smartcard.target"
 
-      # Coredumps.
-      "systemd-coredump.socket"
-      "systemd-coredump@.service"
-
       # Kernel module loading.
       "systemd-modules-load.service"
       "kmod-static-nodes.service"
@@ -354,26 +350,6 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    systemd.coredump.enable = mkOption {
-      default = true;
-      type = types.bool;
-      description = ''
-        Whether core dumps should be processed by
-        <command>systemd-coredump</command>. If disabled, core dumps
-        appear in the current directory of the crashing process.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    systemd.coredump.extraConfig = mkOption {
-      default = "";
-      type = types.lines;
-      example = "Storage=journal";
-      description = ''
-        Extra config options for systemd-coredump. See coredump.conf(5) man page
-        for available options.
-      '';
-    };
-
     systemd.extraConfig = mkOption {
       default = "";
       type = types.lines;
@@ -650,21 +626,11 @@ in
         ${config.systemd.user.extraConfig}
       '';
 
-      "systemd/coredump.conf".text =
-        ''
-          [Coredump]
-          ${config.systemd.coredump.extraConfig}
-        '';
-
       "systemd/sleep.conf".text = ''
         [Sleep]
         ${config.systemd.sleep.extraConfig}
       '';
 
-      # install provided sysctl snippets
-      "sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf".source = "${systemd}/example/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf";
-      "sysctl.d/50-default.conf".source = "${systemd}/example/sysctl.d/50-default.conf";
-
       "tmpfiles.d".source = (pkgs.symlinkJoin {
         name = "tmpfiles.d";
         paths = map (p: p + "/lib/tmpfiles.d") cfg.tmpfiles.packages;
@@ -686,11 +652,6 @@ in
 
     services.dbus.enable = true;
 
-    users.users.systemd-coredump = {
-      uid = config.ids.uids.systemd-coredump;
-      group = "systemd-coredump";
-    };
-    users.groups.systemd-coredump = {};
     users.users.systemd-network = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.systemd-network;
       group = "systemd-network";
@@ -813,8 +774,6 @@ in
     systemd.services.systemd-remount-fs.unitConfig.ConditionVirtualization = "!container";
     systemd.services.systemd-random-seed.unitConfig.ConditionVirtualization = "!container";
 
-    boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.core_pattern" = mkIf (!cfg.coredump.enable) "core";
-
     # Increase numeric PID range (set directly instead of copying a one-line file from systemd)
     # https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12226
     boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.pid_max" = mkIf pkgs.stdenv.is64bit (lib.mkDefault 4194304);
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/coredump.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/coredump.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb2efeda723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/coredump.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, utils, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  systemd = config.systemd.package;
+in {
+  options = {
+    systemd.coredump.enable = mkOption {
+      default = true;
+      type = types.bool;
+      description = ''
+        Whether core dumps should be processed by
+        <command>systemd-coredump</command>. If disabled, core dumps
+        appear in the current directory of the crashing process.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    systemd.coredump.extraConfig = mkOption {
+      default = "";
+      type = types.lines;
+      example = "Storage=journal";
+      description = ''
+        Extra config options for systemd-coredump. See coredump.conf(5) man page
+        for available options.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    systemd.additionalUpstreamSystemUnits = [
+      # Coredumps.
+      "systemd-coredump.socket"
+      "systemd-coredump@.service"
+    ];
+
+    environment.etc = {
+      "systemd/coredump.conf".text =
+      ''
+        [Coredump]
+        ${config.systemd.coredump.extraConfig}
+      '';
+
+      # install provided sysctl snippets
+      "sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf".source = "${systemd}/example/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf";
+      "sysctl.d/50-default.conf".source = "${systemd}/example/sysctl.d/50-default.conf";
+    };
+
+    users.users.systemd-coredump = {
+      uid = config.ids.uids.systemd-coredump;
+      group = "systemd-coredump";
+    };
+    users.groups.systemd-coredump = {};
+
+    boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.core_pattern" = mkIf (!config.systemd.coredump.enable) "core";
+  };
+}